FROM CENTRAL JAIL GATE: BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was sentenced to five years jail in graft case on Thursday, has been given facilities of first class division in Dhaka Central jail as per jail code.  Inspector General of Prison Brigadier General Syed

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday (February 11) directed the prison authorities to provide first class division as per the jail code to BNP Chief Khaleda Zia who is jailed in a corruption case. Dhaka Special Court-5 Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman passed the order at 11:15am. Earlier,

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called the leaders of BNP-led 20-party alliance for a meeting Sunday (February 11). Shamsuddin Didar, press wing official to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, confirmed the news. The meeting will be held at the BNP Chairperson’s

DHAKA: BNP is set to form human chain countrywide Monday demanding unconditional release of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia. She is now in jail as convicted in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8. Besides, the party will also stage sit-in on Tuesday and observe

DHAKA: Members of BNP Chief Khaleda’s lawyer panel went to meet her at the old prison at Nazimuddin Road in the capitals’ old part Saturday (February 10). Advocate Abdur Rezzak Khan and Barrister Moudud Ahmed were seen among other lawyers before the entrance of the prison at around

DHAKA: A total of five cases were filed against the leaders and activists of BNP on charge of mayhem against the verdict of their party chief Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case Thursday (February 8).  The charges include obstructing government action, brawling and arson

DHAKA: BNP senior leaders are thinking over to hold a discussion on Saturday evening (February 10) to discuss in backdrop of the latest situation following the imprisonment of their party chief Khaleda Zia. “The latest situations will be discussed and the next initiatives will be set

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Janata Party (BNJP) demanded the upcoming national parliamentary election to be held under the supervision of a polls-time government, not a caretaker one. BNJP Chairman Foyez Chowdhury raised the demand at a press conference held at Jatiya Press Club

SAVAR (DHAKA): Savar municipality unit BCL Vice President, who was earlier injured as his bike overturned during a showdown on the day of Khaleda’s verdict, dies Friday (February 9). Bulbul Ahmed, 26, the deceased, was a resident of Dogormora area of Savar municipality, hailed from

SYLHET: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 10 lakh to a BCL activist who lost his hand following an attack carried out by Chhatra Shibir in Sylhet last year. Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Awami League, handed over the check to Shahin, the BCL activist, at the Prime

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shimul Biswas was put on five-day remand in a sabotage case. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Satyabrata Sikder granted 5-day remand for Shimul Biswas as Shahbagh police sought 10 day remand on Friday (February 9). Police

DHAKA: The lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia have reached at the gate of Central Jail in Old Dhaka with a plea to know about her overall condition. Three lawyers, Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon, Advocate SM Zulfiqar and Zakir Hossain, reached at the main gate around 6:35pm on

DHAKA: Rajib Ahsan, president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), has been placed on a five-day remand in a case filed under Paltan police station.   Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mazharul Islam granted the remand after investigation officer and Paltan police station SI Abdul Hannan

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader slammed the opposition BNP saying that the party has picked a corrupt politician as its new leader. BNP made party vice chairman and Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman as acting chairman after Khaleda sentenced 5 years in jail in a

DHAKA: Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists were staging demonstration in Dhaka demanding release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia who was jailed in a corruption case. The protesters brought out a procession from the North entrance of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque that ended at the

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that they don’t know about the current condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as she is in jail. “We want to know from the government how the three-time Prime Minister (Khaleda Zia) has been kept in the prison. How

DHAKA: Tarique Rahman has been made the Acting Chairman of BNP, said Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. Rizvi was briefing the media at BNP’s central party office in Nayapaltan on Thursday night (February 8).   “Tarique Rahman will lead the party as the Acting

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is accompanied by her domestic help Fatema in the old Central Jail at Nazimuddin Road in the capital city. The jail authorities allowed Fatema to stay with Khaleda Zia inside the jail as the medical assistant following plea

DHAKA: About 100 leaders and activists of the BNP were detained in the capital city on Thursday (February 08) centering the verdict delivered against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.   The law enforcers detained them from several parts of the city before and after the verdict. The BNP men

DHAKA: Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, a special aide to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, was detained in the afternoon on Thursday (February 08). Detective branch (DB) of police detained him from city’s Bakshibazar area just after pronouncement of verdict against Khaleda Zia.   Shimul